Driving the Little Rock streets this weekend, I noticed the overwhelming number of yard signs representing candidates running for one of many judicial positions in Pulaski County.  Two conversations later, I thought I would provide a complete listing of who is running for what.  Perhaps the most interesting of these races are in the Circuit division where incumbent Judge Mary McGowan faces opposition and Cathi Compton, wife of U.S. District Court Judge Bill Wilson is in a three-way race.  Judge Wendell Griffin also faces opposition from Judge Rita Gruber in a Court of Appeals race.  And don’t ignore the race between Courtney Henry and Ron Williams for the Court of Appeals seat in northwest Arkansas.  Jim Holt has gotten involved in that one.

Pulaski County District Judge

District Court Judge (Criminal)
Alice Lightle
Hugh Finkelstein
Ernest Sanders, Jr.

District Court Judge (Traffic)
Judge Vic Fleming (unopposed)

District Court Judge (Environmental)
Mark D. Leverett
Slocum Pickell
Gary Sullivan
Ryan Allen

District Court Judge (Wrightsville Division)
Rita Bailey
Veletta Smith
Kathy Hall
Diana Maulding
Thomas Christopher Walton
Trey Wright

Pulaski County Circuit Court

District 06, Division 06, Subdistrict 6.2
Cathi Compton
Melissa Gilbert
Jewel “Cricket” Harper

District 06, Divsion 09, At-Large
Judge Mary McGowan
Cecily Patterson Skarda

District 06, Division 02, Subdistrict 6.2
Judge Chris Piazza (unopposed)

District 06, Division 03, Subdistrict 6.2
Judge Jay Moody (unopposed)

District 06, Division 04, Subdistrict 6.2
Judge Herb Wright (unopposed)

District 06, Division 06, Subdistrict 6.2
Judge Tim Fox (unopposed)

District 06, Division 07, Subdistrict 6.2
Judge Barry Sims (unopposed)

District 06, Divsion 08, Subdistrict 6.1
Judge Wiley Branton (unopposed)

District 06,  Division 10, Subdistrict 6.2
Judge Joyce Williams Warren (unopposed)

District 06, Division 12, Subdistrict 6.2
Judge Collins Kilgore (unopposed)

District 06, Division 14, Subdistrict 6.2
Judge Vann Smith (unopposed)

District 06, Division 15, Subdistrict 6.2
Judge Dick Moore (unopposed)

Arkansas Court of Appeals

Associate Judge District 06, Position 01
Judge Wendell Griffin (incumbent)
Judge Rita Gruber

Associate Judge District 03, Position 02
Courtney Henry
Ron Williams